E18: Future of War: Autonomous Ships & Race Against China

Rylan Hamilton, the founder of BLUE WATER AUTONOMY, shares his gritty story with Ravin and Al. Rylan started off in the Navy, then went to Harvard Business School, and founded 6 River Systems which he sold to Shopify for $450M. He went on to raise $65M for Blue Water Autonomy with Google Ventures as the lead. The episode drills into the future of war, the effort to curb spending, the use of AI in the military, and how the military helps build character.

NOTE: Al and Ravin want to thanks Alex Goldstein for his technical assistance with processing this episode!

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